Accounting at University of Louisiana at Lafayette

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UL Lafayette is located in Lafayette, Louisiana and approximately 16,450 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 65 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from UL Lafayette.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Accounting section at the bottom of this page.

UL Lafayette Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Online Classes Are Available at UL Lafayette

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

UL Lafayette does offer online education options in accounting for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

UL Lafayette Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at UL Lafayette compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at UL Lafayette is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	80
Best Accounting Graduate Certificate Schools	81
Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	587
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	734

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in accounting from UL Lafayette. This makes it the #413 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of UL Lafayette Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at UL Lafayette is $39,986. This is less than $46,292, which is the national average of all accounting majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Accounting Student Demographics at UL Lafayette

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

UL Lafayette Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 65 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UL Lafayette, about 37% were men and 63% were women.

About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at UL Lafayette are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	46
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UL Lafayette Accounting Master’s Program

The accounting program at UL Lafayette awarded 8 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. UL Lafayette does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UL Lafayette also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Business, Management & Marketing
• Insurance
• Hospitality Management
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Marketing

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for LA, the home state for University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	20,140	$37,180
Accountants and Auditors	10,390	$66,860
Financial Managers	5,280	$106,950
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	2,460	$39,250
Tax Preparers	1,430	$39,590

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.